Late last month we had the entire Australian team in Brisbane to celebrate our one year anniversary of the brands independence. This chilled edit is from the little get together we had. It was a very fun, super chilled day & one that I had been looking forward to for a long time. Filmed & edited by Stewart Munro, enjoy !!
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Liam Zinbergs sent in this quick little bike check. Liam went with our Silver Storm colour way (Black with Silver splatters) which is proving very popular out there. Many thanks to Little Black Bike for hooking us up with Liam through their store, stoked.
Hey fellas here is my bikecheck…
Frame: Colony Teddy 20.85
Forks: Colony Hell Stallion
Bars: Colony Teddy’s
Stem: Colony Official
Headset: Odyssey
Cranks: Colony V2 Colonials
Sprocket: Colony Official 25t
Pedals: Colony Fantastic Plastics
Seat: Colony x focalpoint seat
Wheels: Colony Clones
If anyone needs me, I’ll be at the strippers. Much love, Leanardo Zingbergs. xxxxxxxxxxx
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Zac Miner sent me over this classic photo of him from around five years ago. The park he is riding is super fun, it’s in Shepparton, Victoria. I think Zac should bring back the superman one handers!
Henrique Castro sent some pics in of his new Gnarkill he just built up. Silver Storm & Purple looking the goods for sure. He has also been busy filming for a new web edit… expect that to drop soon. Thanks to Rui Ogawa from sistemabmx.com for the pics.
Side note… our new Descendent complete bikes which are about to drop into Australia next week (the USA in early March) are in the same colour way of Valvo’s new bike below, Silver Storm with Purple stem, sprocket & seat. Available at a dealer near you the week of March 1st.
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Recently we had the entire Australian team in Brisbane for some celebrations of the fact Colony became independent one year ago. We had a chilled jam at a street location with a bunch of pizzas & more than enough drinks for everyone, good times for sure. Here are a few pics from the day & DIG magazine did this interview up with myself on what has been happening the last 12 months & what lays ahead. Featured over on the DIG site now.
Liam Fahy-Hampton.
Clint, you must be stoked to have 100% control of Colony now?
Yeah it’s been a huge undertaking but something that needed to be done. I feel the brand is in a much better place now than just over 12 months ago. I now have total control with the direction of the company in all aspects. I could not be happier on where were headed.
Most satisfying accomplishment since the change?
Just knowing that the growth we have experienced has been because of the hard work I have put in along with the team & my staff members. Thanks guys!
What else are you looking forward to for the year to come?
I am really looking forward to sending the team around the world to ride. I will also get out there on the bike myself again which is something I have missed the last few years.
What else has changed with the brand since you took 100% control?
We have had a total brand re-launch with a new logo & look. Cooper Brownlee has done an amazing job with this & I feel it really looks so much better than before. Our product range has also grown & we have plenty in the works for 2010 & beyond. Another big change has also been that Colony now has two full time employees beside myself. It is so good to be able to share the work load now. Maybe I will even have a life a again outside of working on Colony?
Since the change, what has been the response with shops?
Our dealers across the world & especially here in Australia, have been very favourable with their comments & feedback. Colony is now the strongest BMX brand sold here in Australia which is amazing to know, in a saturated sea of international brands.
Until recently you were doing all the warehouse work yourself, it must be a good feeling packing orders for stores and seeing your products being sent out all over the country and world?
Yeah that was one of the most amazing things to be honest, I really enjoyed it. Just seeing the products I designed being sent out everywhere & in such demand is really satisfying.
Alex Hiam.
Liam Fahy-Hampton.
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Zac Miner has a bike check up on the Focalpoint site where you can see a bunch of photos of his current setup.
Cooper Brownlee & the entire Australian team were up in Brisbane recently for various celebrations & just to kick it for a while. We did a little day trip up to Gympie last weekend while dodging the rain. It was a good day full of fun times, BMX how it’s meant to be. Mick Bayzand took this photo of Cooper doing his thing. Both Mick & Cooper are on their way back to Melbourne via Sydney & Canberra right now. Keep an eye out for them at a town near you. Word is that Mick already slid a rail in Port Macquarie that eluded me a few years back.
Click here for some pics of Mick over on the Focalpoint site.
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Pete Radivo was up here in Brisbane recently to hang out with the entire team. While riding here he had an innocent looking crash & once again found out he has to go in for surgery on his knee. This makes it the 5th knee surgery he has had but there is some goods news at least. He will be getting a new synthetic ACL replacement & should be back on the bike in as little as 2 months. Pete’s surgery is scheduled for February 10th. Good luck mate.
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Micky Bayzand is back in Oz and killing it! We have been up in Brisbane for a couple weeks now and will be driving back down to Melbourne next week. This photo is from another hot day in the sun, taking it easy late in the day.
The guys at Strictly BMX put together a Gnarkill in Purple Storm with our Gold parts for a customer. Click here now to check it out.
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Check out these two videos from Ryan. One from an Australia Day trails jam & one random video of his amazing dogs. Enjoy !!
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Here are a few more random party pics from last Saturday night’s festivities for mine & Niki’s post wedding party. Thanks for all those that came along… it was an awesome night for sure.
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Paddy Gross sent us over some photos of a recent demo he did at a car yard the other week. Definately one of the most random demo’s I have seen.
Jonny sent over some photos from a session he had over at his grandad’s barn where they have a few ramps set up, no doubt it’s crazy cold over there at the moment so riding inside must help keep the guys sane over there in England.
It gets stupid hot up here in Brisbane during summer, yesterday some of the boys went down to a dive spot and got pretty loose off the bridge.
Last night was Clint and Niki’s wedding party, it was a pretty fun night with a bunch of crew in town.
Today is exactly one year to the day, that I made it official & Colony became an independent company. It has been an amazing past year & we have come a long way. All this could not have been made possible without everyone’s support out there.
So, I would like to thank all our team riders, our employees, our distributors, our loyal shops all over the planet, our agent & suppliers in Taiwan, the websites & magazines that gave us coverage & last but not least, every single rider out there that has supported Colony in some way. Thanks to anyone that has ever bought one of our products, come riding with us or was just down with what were about. Thank you.
2010 is gonna be a banger of a year for us & I can’t wait to show the world what Colony is capable of. Word.
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It just happened to work out that I was going through the small town of Kempsey (NSW) when their jam was on yesterday so I stopped in for a bit and had a roll and watched everyone shred. It was good to see a small town putting on a cool day with a bunch of riders making a fair trip out to be there. Thanks to Brodie for the photos.
Long time friend & all round nice guy Glennie, started work last Monday as our warehouse manager & is fitting in rather well. He also put together a fresh new Gnarkill frame & will be shredding after work most days. Glen also joined the home owners club this week. Stoked.
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I found these photos on my laptop tonight, so I thought better off posted on the website then tucked away. Zac Miner from back last November at the new Woden park in Canberra and also a few days before hand in Sydney at the Halloween Jam.
Click here to check out Zac’s new haircut… maybe a few too many drinks that night hey mate?
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Guettler is back in Brisbane now & wrote this little update on what he has been up to of late…
So after Xmas and new years, Vans invite me to there zoomys 100k, which is a huge awards party up in the SNOW, (This is my 2nd time ever seeing snow by the way) I go up there with Jerry badders, Nasty and Steve Van Doren. We play in the snow Nasty & I tried to snowboard for a while which was so funny. Then the night of the big party was amazing, we got to hang out with Snoop Dogg and PJ Penn and Dustin Dollin (everyone was there ) it was a very fun night.
Then the next day I flew home to Australia and meet up with the Colony crew and Richo takes me straight to the trails, we have been filming a lot so wait for an edit to come soon. But now I’m home and having a blast. It was crazy going from snowboarding with Nasty one day to riding trails, getting sun burnt with Richo the next hahahaha such a great time…
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We have got behind a memorial jam being put on at the new Orange park for Steven Dark. If you’re in the area or up for a road trip, then head yourself there for a fun day on your little bike.
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Alans BMX have been our official outlet in the UK for some time now. Alan & the guys have been doing a great job for us over there & they have just put on a new rider to their Alans BMX/Colony team – Alex McGimpsey. You can check out more info on the Colony UK blog site ran by Alans by clicking here now. Plenty of interesting stuff up there including a desk top wall paper of a custom Teddy.
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Cooper is about to head off on a mammoth road trip from Melbs up to Brisbane via Wangarratta for this weekends Jamuary Comp put on by The Sanction. He will also drop into Canberra on the way to see the guys at Backbone BMX & no doubt ride the amazing park at Woden. He will also be dropping off the fresh new issue of Focalpoint on the way too, straight off the presses. Word. He also sent me this cool photo as well… loving the trails styles. Oh by the way, a Cooper bike check is coming soon.
On a side note: In case of rain, please contact The Sanction for details of an alternative plan & venue.
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Henrique Valvo Castro sent us over some nice photos from a session at Amparo Diogo Canina park. Thanks to Rui Ogawa for the photos.
Colony is now available in New Caledonia through Leiken Sarl & you can check out their website by clicking here.
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